It was a hot and intense practice for the Cincinnati Bengals on Thursday.

Let's break down the biggest notes and takeaways as the Bengals ramped up intensity.

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He's your host, James Rupin.

We're together in person for one of our few shows a year where we get to do this and I get to try to keep my focus.

You're making him lose his focus.

Well, James tries to distract me and I think I'm doing all right.

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James, today we have a very intense practice to get into.

Zach Taylor sat up here very close to where we're sitting right now.

And before practice told us that when the pads are on,

they get through that first one, they get the day off, and today was planned to be a more

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